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Chicken Couscous with Companion

Companion Public
Course: Main course
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 50 minutes
Cost per serving: 1,83 €
Energy: 659 kcal / serving
Nutritional score:

Instructions

  • 1.   Peel the onion and roughly chop it. Put it in the robot equipped with the Ultrablade Chopper and mix on Speed 11 for 10 seconds. If necessary, push the onion back to the center with the help of a spatula and mix again for 10 seconds.
  • 2.   Replace the blade with the Mixer. Crush the garlic clove with the blade of a knife. Put it in the robot with the olive oil, ras-el-hanout, and bay leaf. Start the Stew Program P1 at 130 °C for 4 minutes.
  • 3.   Peel the vegetables and cut them into pieces, large cubes for the zucchini, thin slices for the carrots and turnips. Remove the skin from the chicken thighs.
  • 4.   At the end of the program, add the broth, chicken, tomato paste, and vegetables. Season with salt and pepper, then start the Stew Program P2 at 95 °C for 50 minutes. Add the canned chickpeas 8 minutes before the end of cooking.
  • 5.   Meanwhile, prepare the couscous as indicated on the packaging.

Notes & Suggestions

  • "ras el hanout" means in Arabic "the best of the store". You can replace it with a spice blend such as paprika, coriander, black pepper, cardamom, nutmeg, turmeric, ginger, chili, cloves, caraway, cinnamon, cumin, fennel seeds...
  • Add a little harissa if you want it to be slightly spicy to enhance the flavors.

Ingredients for servings

  • 200 g of couscous semolina
  • 3 chicken thighs
  • 100 g of turnip
  • 300 g of zucchini
  • 120 g of red onion
  • 300 g of carrot
  • 100 g of chickpeas (canned, drained weight)
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 2 tablespoon of olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon of ras el-hanout
  • 400 ml of chicken broth
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 70 g of tomato paste

Rates (1)

  • nov., 27 2018
    Convenient for a weekday, only requires 25 minutes of preparation.

Nutritional information *

  •  
    Per serving
    % RDA
  • Energy value
    659 kcal
    33 %
  • Fat
    18,1 g
    26 %
  • of which saturated
    3,62 g
    18 %
  • Carbohydrates
    72,95 g
    28 %
  • of which sugar
    15,16 g
    17 %
  • Protein
    43,75 g
    87 %
  • Fibers
    11,75 g
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* As an indication, before cooking, RDA of the EU.